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No.- 397,1'72. Patented Feb, 5, 1889.

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llNlTED STATES PATENT (lemon.

ELIZABETH DEAN, ()F HASTINGS, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND.

SUNSHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,172, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,304. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH DEAN, widow, a subject of Her Majesty, theQueen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 3 Grove Road, Hastings,in the county of Sussex, England, have invented new and useful 5 coverI) hollow, by stretching it across the top improvements in shades orcovers for affording protection from sun and rain and means forattaching same to the person, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shades or covers moreespecially intended for use in tropical. climates for affordingprotection from sunstroke and also rain, its chief object being toprovide a sunshade which will effectually protect the person and at thesame time leave the hands of the wearer free for action.

According to my inventionl employ a light frame of any suitable shape,size, and material, prefcrably constructed of bamboo or cane, whichsupports a cover of silk, linen, or other suitable material, a dependentscreen or puggaree being provided at the back, if desired. To this frameare hinged or otherwise connected light rods or supports which rest uponthe shoulders of the wearer and are suitably attached to the person bystraps, the sunshade being thus supported above the head withoutrequiring the assistance of the wearers hands, which are left perfectlyfree.

hen not in use, the supporting-rods may,

if hinged to the framing, be, together with their straps, compactlyfolded back upon the shade or cover and the article readily carried,and, if desired, the frame-Work of the cover may also be constructedafter the fashion of an umbrella, so as to admit of its being, togetherwith the cover, packed or folded into a smaller compass, suitable meansbeing provided for keeping it extended when in use.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved sunshade for protection ofthe person when in an upright position, the silk or other coveringmaterial for the top being removed. Fig. 2 is a front view in sectiontaken along the line 1 2 in Fig. 1, but showing the frame stuffed. Fig.3 shows the sunshade complete attached to the person.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. a isthe frame-work, preferably constructed of bamboo or cane, which supportsthe cover I), composed of silk, linen, or other suitable material. Iprefer in practice to make this and under the bottom of the light archednetwork c, suitably secured to the framing a, as shown in Fig 2,thehollow space thus formed being filled with cocoon silk or other suitablelight material, Z), thereby affording greater protection from the sunsrays; but if desired the cover may be simply stretched across theframing a. i

d is a screen or puggaree, which may be attached to the back of theframing a for protecting the wearers spine.

e e are light supporting-rods, here shown as hinged to the framing a,the lower extremities of which are also hinged and forked, so as to formshoulder-pieces f, the ends of which are conveniently shaped to receivethe attaching-strap g, which passes around the breast of the wearer andsecures the sunshade in position independently of his hands, as shown inFig. 3, the under part of the cover I) being preferably a few inchesabove his head, so as to permit a "free circulation of air. \Vhen thesunshade is not in use, the hinged supporting-rods e and shouldcr-piecesf may be folded back upon the frame a, thus rendering the sunshade morecompact for carrying. If desired, the supporting-rods e andshoulder-pieces f may be made in one piece in lieu of being hinged; butI prefer to employ hinges for convenience of transportation,

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. A sunshade supported above the Wearers head by means ofsupporting-rods atporting a cover of suitable n'lziterizil, l), of thetmtion of heat is more effectually prevented, Folding s 1pporting-rodse, shoulder-pieeesf, Substantially as specified.

and attaching-stmp g, eensti'i'iei'ed and. :Li'- In witness whereof Ihave signed my name ranged. suhsi'anilially 21s and for the purpose i inihepresenee ()l' {we snhsei'ihing witnesses.

i). The conibiimtien, with 1he 'I'rmne (1', netwel-k c, Mtzmhedtheretemnd meanssueh as a stimp i'e secure the same to the person, elfThe cover I), stretched over and under such 10 net-work, and filling 11,whereby the pene- \Vil nesses:

A. E. ALEXANDEl-i,

1f) Sou/71(million JKM'MIPI /S', London, TV. C.

\VALTER .T. SKERTEN,

Specified. i IELIZAIKE'JH DEAN.

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